I'm just starting this story. And right away on page 10 the author of this volume seems to be mixed up as to how fast he wants Tom's ship to be travelling. ...
I have added a User's Guide to the files section where placed the checklist. Here is the text from the User's Guide. Tom Swift Jr. Checklist User's Guide The...
Let's try to remember the old adage: "Nobody ever sets out to make a bad movie" And then remember that sometimes you do end up getting what you don't wish for....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL! Remeber Chow Winklerf will be making his famous R"Rattlesnake Stuffing" too! Now, first question Did Tom Swift(s) have a middle name or...
Not The Prisoner, V, or Defying Gravity, perhaps; but the Toms have had their villains. We all know who the bad guys were in TSJ. Those familiar with the ...
For those who are keeping score, these are the articles I have found on Variety, the entertainment trade journal site, and MovieFone. I am posting the text of...
The old Prisoner was a product of the Cold War - well actually, it was a product of a belief in James Bond within the setting of the Cold War. The context that...
The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum collects books with aviation content, including juvenile series fiction. In this article they note that a previous owner of...
Apparently a woman scientist has discovered soft tissue in dinosaur remains. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/environment/story/67249.html Tom discovered dinosaurs...
Hi, New here, Pulled out a bunch of my old Tom Swift Jr. and Hardy Boy books and decided to find out what I could about them. Found out so much information...
'The moon is alive,' NASA says after water discovery ... The mission that plunged a rocket into the moon's surface last month detected about 25 gallons of...
The Obama administration should drop an ill-conceived security policy for the famed space lab. By Tim Rutten November 14, 2009 read LA times at.... ...
Hi Re Giant Comic Books.In 1960s or early 70s the WHAMO co(They make Fresbies!) Put out GIANT COMICS ONE DEVOTED TO UFOS! Maybe someone knows of theses?Andre'...
Free 55 MB download through RapidShare. http://cosseyedcyclops.blogspot.com/2009/11/dell-giant-27-walt-disneys-man-in-space.html The downloaded file has a .rar...
These topics may actually relate to one another. IMHO, both scientists and science-fictioneers are making huge, unrecognized assumptions when they refer to...
Hi Re: UFOS etc.been friends with a famed UFOLOGIST Dr.R.Leo Sprinkle PhD for years . Whatever the UFO "experience" is it shouldn't be just considered easy...
(And apologies for the delay) Chapter Six: Conversation With A Shark. A small caravan of fire trucks, ambulances and private cars were scurrying down a nearby...
In order to get everyone ready for the "V" premiere on Tuesday, SyFy has been re-showing the original two miniseries in a marathon even today. And between...
The http://www.ModernMechanix.com site is a fascinating place to while away time. Looking at it this morning, I found an article that was timed well to be...
Kim spotted a blog or other Internet article which described a characteristic of Star Trek scripts called "wantum mechanics." The director wanted something...
In a recent discussion, I believe Charlie mentioned that there was a launch facility out west. I found recent references to the following "Official" Commercial...
Douglas Adams created the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy initially for radio in the UK and they were quickly made into short novels. They are SF humor if...
Acknowledging that the sort of thing technicians presently call "ion drive" is pretty puny--Charlie's point-- Can't the term be used in a wider sense? I've...
We know how widely accepted the latest sci-fi show was accepted (Defying Gravity), well this tuesday (NOV 3) is a new show - or should I say an old show...
As many of you will recall, we selected dates for the 100th Anniversary Tom Swift Convention to be the weekend before the big Comic-Con in San Diego. As I...
A week ago Sunday we attended a signing event with Eoin Colfer (i.e. Artemis Fowl) for his sixth Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy volume called ONE MORE...